Teach Us What We Need
This essay, by Norah Rami, age 17, from Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas, is one of the Top 10 winners of The Learning Network’s Eighth Annual Student Editorial Contest, for which we received 11,202 entries. You can find the work of all the winners and runners-up here.Teach Us What We NeedMy one year…
Want to Teach With Our Contests? Ask Your School Librarian for Help.
This teaching idea was submitted by Joanna Drusin, a librarian at Brooklyn Technical High School in Brooklyn.Do you teach with The Times? Tell us about it here, or browse our full collection of reader ideas.School librarians are a bit like secret agents. We’re always quietly listening — scrappy and spontaneous — waiting for just the…
How to Teach With the Art and Artifacts in Our New Book,‘Coming of Age...
Work by teenagers — photos, comics, diary entries, charts, texts, recipes and rants — tells the story of an unforgettable year.
Teach Writing With The New York Times: Our 2025-26 Curriculum
Our eight writing units are based on real-world features like reviews, opinion essays, narratives, podcasts, photo essays and more.
Teach Writing With The New York Times: Our 2024-25 Curriculum
Our nine writing units are based on real-world features like reviews, photo essays, narratives, podcasts and more.
Live Webinar: Teach Profile Writing With The New York Times
Register for the live webinar on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. Eastern.How can writing profiles of local community members teach students useful skills like researching, asking effective questions, listening, note-taking, fact-checking, storytelling, connecting with experts and, of course, writing and editing with clarity, voice and style?In this webinar, we will introduce our brand-new Profile…
Do We Need a Better Way to Teach Math?
How do you feel about mathematics? Have you ever found math to be fun or meaningful to your life? Are you ever confused, frustrated or intimidated by math? How do you feel about the way your school teaches math? Is it engaging or motivating? Does it make sense to you? What do you think would…
Teach the Super Bowl: Ideas for Subjects Across the Curriculum
The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will face off in Super Bowl LIX, a rematch from two seasons ago, on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The game is expected to be watched by more than 120 million people and features many intriguing storylines as the Chiefs, led by superstar quarterback…
Film Club: ‘Why I Won’t Teach My Son ‘Black Codes’’
Find all our Film Club films here.“Why I Won’t Teach My Son ‘Black Codes’” is a four-minute animated film that touches on themes of race and parenting. It profiles Debra, a new mother, who describes her hopes and fears about raising a black son in America. Although her son is just 1, she knows soon…
28 Ways to Teach and Learn About Poetry With The New York Times
“Like virtually everything else in the Trump era, poetry has gotten sharply political these days,” wrote The Times in 2017. The article continues:Writers are responding to this turbulent moment in the country’s history with a tsunami of poems that address issues like immigration, global warming, the Syrian refugee crisis, institutionalized racism, equal rights for transgender…
